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(just answer the question) Preparation code Preparation code HTML (this will be inserted in the <body> of a valid HTML5 document in standards mode) (useful when testing DOM operations or including libraries) <script> //memo6 - by @madrobby/thomas fuchs Function.prototype.cached = function(){ var self = this, cache = {}; return function(arg){ if(arg in cache) { //console.log('Cache hit for '+arg); return cache[arg]; } else { //console.log('Cache miss for '+arg); return cache[arg] = self(arg); } } } //memo1 //underscore.js implem //_.identity function identity(value) { return value; }; //_.memoize function memoize1(func, hasher) { var memo = {}; hasher || (hasher = identity); return function() { var key = hasher.apply(this, arguments); return hasOwnProperty.call(memo, key) ? memo[key] : (memo[key] = func.apply(this, arguments)); }; }; //memoize.js - by @addyosmani // with tweaks from @philogb, @mathias, @DmitryBaranovsk, @JamieMason function memoize2(func) { "use strict"; var cache = (func.memoize = func.memoize || {}), stringifyJson = JSON.stringify, sliceArray = Array.prototype.slice; return function () { var hash = stringifyJson(sliceArray.call(arguments)); return (hash in cache) ? cache[hash] : cache[hash] = func.apply(this, arguments); }; }; //memo3 - unscriptables implem. function memoize3(func, context) { function memoizeArg (argPos) { var cache = {}; return function () { if (argPos == 0) { if (!(arguments[argPos] in cache)) { cache[arguments[argPos]] = func.apply(context, arguments); } return cache[arguments[argPos]]; } else { if (!(arguments[argPos] in cache)) { cache[arguments[argPos]] = memoizeArg(argPos - 1); } return cache[arguments[argPos]].apply(this, arguments); } } } // JScript doesn't grok the arity property, but uses length instead var arity = func.arity || func.length; return memoizeArg(arity - 1); } //memo4 - by stevenlevithan function memoize4(functor, expiration) { var memo = {}; return function () { var key = Array.prototype.join.call(arguments, "§"); if (key in memo) return memo[key]; if (expiration) setTimeout(function () {delete memo[key];}, expiration); return memo[key] = functor.apply(this, arguments); }; } //memo5 - @gbradley function memoize5(fn){ var lookup={}; return function(){ var args=[].slice.call(arguments); var key=JSON.stringify(args); var result=lookup[key]; if (!result){ result=fn.apply(this,args); lookup[key]=result; } return result; }; } // memo5 - @medikoo // https://github.com/medikoo/es5-ext/blob/master/lib/Function/memoize.js var memoize7 = (function () { var isArray = Array.isArray , slice = Array.prototype.slice , resolve; resolve = function (args) { return this.map(function (r, i) { return r ? r(args[i]) : args[i]; }).concat(slice.call(args, this.length)); }; return function (fn, length, resolvers) { var cache, resolver; cache = []; if (isArray(length)) { resolvers = length; length = fn.length; } else if (length == null) { length = fn.length; } resolver = resolvers ? resolve.bind(resolvers) : null; return function () { var limit, i, index, args, current, found; args = resolver ? resolver(arguments) : arguments; i = 0; index = limit = (length === true) ? args.length: length; current = cache; if (limit === 0) { found = current.hasOwnProperty(0); } else { while (i !== limit) { if (!current[index]) { current = (current[index] = [[args[i]], []]); index = 0; } else if ( (index = (current = current[index])[0].indexOf(args[i])) === -1) { index = current[0].push(args[i]) - 1; found = false; } else { found = current[1].hasOwnProperty(index); } current = current[1]; ++i; } } if (found) { return current[index]; } return current[index] = fn.apply(this, args); }; }; }()); function memoize8 (fn, cache) { cache = memoed._cache = cache || {} function memoed () { var args = JSON.stringify(Array.prototype.slice(arguments)) if (!(args in cache)) cache[args] = fn.apply(this, arguments) return cache[args] } return memoed } var fib, fiborg; fiborg = fib = function (x) { if(x < 2) return 1; else return fib(x-1) + fib(x-2); } </script> Include JavaScript libraries as follows: <script src="//cdn.ext/library.js"></script> Define setup for all tests (variables, functions, arrays or other objects that will be used in the tests) (runs before each clocked test loop, outside of the timed code region) (e.g. define local test variables, reset global variables, clear canvas, etc.) (see FAQ) Define teardown for all tests (runs after each clocked test loop, outside of the timed code region) (see FAQ) Code snippets to compare Test 1 Title Async (check if this is an asynchronous test) Code fib = memoize1(fiborg); fib(20); Test 2 Title Async (check if this is an asynchronous test) Code fib = memoize2(fiborg); fib(20); Test 3 Title Async (check if this is an asynchronous test) Code fib = memoize3(fiborg); fib(20); Test 4 Title Async (check if this is an asynchronous test) Code fib = memoize4(fiborg, 1000); fib(20); Test 5 Title Async (check if this is an asynchronous test) Code fib = memoize5(fiborg); fib(20); Test 6 Title Async (check if this is an asynchronous test) Code fib = fiborg.cached(); fib(20); Test 7 Title Async (check if this is an asynchronous test) Code fib = memoize7(fiborg); fib(20);